Openclaw Officecli

OpenClaw OfficeCLI Skill

Purpose

This skill lets an OpenClaw agent generate local pptx, docx, xlsx, report, and standalone img files through officecli agent-bridge, then send the generated file back to the current channel as an attachment.

Trigger Rules

Trigger when the user clearly wants a file artifact, for example:

• generate a five-slide PPT about an enterprise collaboration platform
• write a customer-facing docx for me
• create a budget excel sheet
• generate a launch image
• turn this into slides
• write a docx for customers

Do not trigger for:

• pure explanation
• brainstorming
• outline-only requests
• analysis without a file deliverable

Runtime Contract

The skill must use officecli agent-bridge as the local execution protocol.

Do not treat officecli new ... stdout as a protocol.

Always prefer the structured bridge:

• transport: stdio
• framing: Content-Length
• protocol: JSON-RPC 2.0
• tool: office.generate

Required bridge methods:

• initialize
• capabilities/get
• session/open
• task/invoke
• task/respond
• task/status
• task/cancel

Primary event types:

• task.started
• task.progress
• task.question
• task.output
• task.completed
• task.failed
• task.cancelled

Agent Behavior

1. Run fix-officecli-env.sh before starting any bridge session so the skill bundle is refreshed and any missing officecli setup is repaired.
2. Run check-officecli-env.sh after the repair step.
3. Ensure officecli is installed, configured, and reachable.
4. Ensure officecli agent-bridge can be started locally.
5. Read initialize or capabilities/get before invoking generation, and cache document_generation.pptx.image_support and top-level image_generation.
6. Also cache update; if available=true, use update_command or your own repair flow instead of parsing human CLI update prompts.
7. Convert the user's natural-language request into:

• document_type
• topic
• prompt
• optional mode
• optional lang
• optional style
• optional audience
• optional ratio for img

1. If the user explicitly wants no images for pptx, set enable_images=false; otherwise follow the bridge capability default instead of hard-coding a client default.
2. For standalone img, call office.generate with document_type=img; do not call office.render, do not set mode=best, and do not use local image provider config.
3. Use interactive=true by default so the chat can handle follow-up questions.
4. Use mode=fast by default unless the user explicitly asks for a higher-quality, more iterative workflow and the document type is not img.
5. On task.question, present the question naturally in the channel and forward the answer via task/respond.
6. On task.output, read result.file_path and send the file as an attachment in the current channel.
7. On task.failed, convert the error into a user-friendly message.
8. On user cancel, send task/cancel.

Runtime Mode Rules

• use officecli config runtime to inspect the local default runtime mode when the host asks how OfficeCLI is configured
• use officecli config set-runtime hosted when the host explicitly wants platform-managed hosted generation by default
• use officecli config set-runtime external when the host wants local/external generation by default
• hosted mode requires a platform OfficeCLI API key with hosted credits; do not ask users for aigateway keys because those are created and stored by the platform
• OfficeCLI should be installed through one channel at a time; if the host already has a Homebrew-installed officecli, do not suggest or run npm install -g officecli on top of it

PPT Image Rules

For all OpenClaw agents using this skill:

• inspect document_generation.pptx.image_support.default_enabled during capability discovery
• inspect update.available during capability discovery
• use document_generation.pptx.image_support.disable_flag when explaining how to produce a text-only deck
• if update.available=true, prefer a structured repair/refresh path and show update_command when the host asks how to update
• use document_generation.pptx.image_support.config_command and config_fields when the user reports missing images
• if task.output, task.completed, or task/status includes result_meta.image_support.attention_required=true, surface that immediately in the chat
• if result_meta.image_support.reason=image_generation_degraded, tell the user the deck was downgraded to a no-image version and they should check image_base_url, image_api_key, and image_model
• do not rely only on free-form warning strings for client decisions; prefer result_meta
• do not parse human update prompts from officecli stdout; use bridge capability fields

Standalone Image Rules

For standalone img requests:

• inspect top-level image_generation during capability discovery
• use office.generate with document_type=img
• pass ratio=square|landscape|portrait when the user asks for a shape; default to square
• pass one reference_image local path or http/https URL when the user provides a reference image
• require platform/license config and let the OfficeCLI server control the image provider
• treat quota by runtime: in external mode one successful standalone image consumes one generation count, while in hosted mode it consumes hosted credits; free image usage has a separate 3-per-day bucket from free document generation
• keep preview publishing enabled by default when publishing is configured; pass publish=false only for local-only output
• do not use office.render, local config set-generation image settings, mode=best, source files, or local preview
• include returned quota or credit balance metadata in the chat message when present

Environment Repair Rules

• refresh the OpenClaw skill bundle and repair any missing officecli setup on every task by running fix-officecli-env.sh
• do not refresh an already installed officecli binary unless the host explicitly opts in, for example with OFFICECLI_REFRESH_BINARY=1
• when the user explicitly asks to uninstall officecli, run uninstall-officecli.sh
• if the host previously installed with Homebrew and wants to switch to npm, tell them to run brew uninstall officecli/homebrew-officecli/officecli first; if their formula uses the short name, use brew uninstall officecli, then run npm install -g officecli
• use check-officecli-env.sh as the single readiness probe for binary, config, and bridge
• use fix-officecli-env.sh as the single repair entrypoint
• when config is missing, ask only for the missing generation/license values and let the fix script write local config
• online preview config is required by default so generated files can return publish URLs
• if the current request is intentionally local-only, set OFFICECLI_SKIP_PUBLISH_SETUP=1 before running the fix script
• do not try to start agent-bridge until the check script returns ready
• if refresh or check fails, stop and report the officecli environment error; when repair fails, use the fix script's final structured status as the source of truth, and do not fall back to any other PPT/DOC/XLS generation tool without explicit user approval

Attachment Delivery

When generation succeeds:

• read task.output.payload.result.file_path
• upload that file to the current channel
• include a short note with:
• document type
• document name
• any warnings returned by bridge
• when present, result_meta.image_support.message

Do not only send a local file path unless attachment upload is impossible on the current channel.

Conversation Policy

• If document type is missing, ask which file type the user wants.
• If topic or goal is missing, ask a concise clarifying question.
• If the bridge emits task.question, relay it instead of inventing your own replacement question.
• Keep progress updates short and stage-based.
• do not trigger office.review / office.score automatically after generation unless the user explicitly asks for scoring, review, validation, or quality checking

Local Requirements

Expected local setup:

• officecli available in PATH, or repairable by fix-officecli-env.sh
• generation and license config already completed, or repairable by the fix script
• standalone img requires license config; document/PPT image assets also require generation config
• OpenClaw agent has permission to:
• spawn local commands
• read generated files
• upload attachments to the active channel

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: officecli
• Source: officecli/officecli
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://officecli.io

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.